Missile defense and the danger of ignoring diplomacy
At a remote site in Interior Alaska, 40 rockets in underground silos stand ready for launch, each topped with small spacecraft that could be...
How a regional clean development mechanism for the Arctic could more...
Reykjavik is a global leader on climate change. It’s working to be carbon neutral by 2040. To most people, this is a success story....
How teaching negotiation skills can benefit Arctic communities
In Narsaq, a town in southern Greenland, some residents are torn on the subject of mining for raw materials, such as uranium. Warmer temperatures...
Why the US Interior Department’s ‘lease everything’ approach to offshore oil...
When the U.S. Department of Interior announced on Jan. 4 that it would consider opening nearly all of the waters off the coast of...
Frozen superhighway: How Arctic indigenous organizations can embrace the internet
The 4,000 residents of Utqiagvik, the northernmost city in the United States, was recently plugged into some of the fastest internet in the world...
Disengagement in the Arctic: Putting America last
When it comes to the Arctic, the Trump administration’s “America First” strategy risks putting America last. As the Arctic Ocean becomes increasingly navigable, it...
How fake news and starving bears could keep more complex stories...
In Tromsø, the main Arctic city in Norway, mayor Kristin Røymo welcomed us with a warning. She talked of what she called “Google images...
Trump is failing the US — and the Arctic — by...
In his January interview with a fawning Piers Morgan, American Pres. Donald Trump again praised himself as a “stable genius” and demonstrated that he...
Could an Arctic agreement revolutionize global trade?
The World Economic Forum recently calculated a 1 trillion dollar untapped investment potential in one of the planet’s most environmentally vulnerable and critical regions...
The First Frontier: Creating a climate displacement fund for displaced Alaska...
Alaska needs a climate displacement fund, or it risks the lives of its indigenous communities.The world’s first climate change refugees may not only be...
